The Correlation Between Nutritional Status and Physical Activity with Dysmenorrhea Degrees Among Females Adolescent in Bengkulu City

Abstract

Female adolescent in their growth phase will experience menstruation. One of the menstrual disorders most often experienced by female adolescent is dysmenorrhea. This research was aimed to determine the correlation between nutritional status and physical activity with the degree of dysmenorrhea in female adolescents aged 15 years to 17 years in the city of Bengkulu, with family economic status classified as middle to upper class. This research was conducted in January March 2020 with 100 probands. Determination of the research sample using purposive random sampling method where the students who meet the criteria by the research objectives. Physical activity data and dysmenorrhea status were obtained through the Physical Activity Level (PAL) questionnaire. Nutritional status data were obtained based on their Body Mass Index. As the result, it is known that female adolescent in Bengkulu who come from middle to upper families have a normal nutritional status of 47%, 12% less nutritional status, 26% fat nutritional status, and 15% obesity nutritional status. The physical activity of female adolescent was classified as light category 46%, moderate 33%, and heavy physical activity 21%. Female adolescent with mild dysmenorrhea status were 43%, moderate dysmenorrhea was 35%, severe dysmenorrhea was 22%. Statistically using the bivariate analysis, it showed a strong significant correlation between nutritional status and the degree of dysmenorrhea with a value of 0.430. the better the nutritional status, the lower the degree of dysmenorrhea. Meanwhile, physical activity with the degree of dysmenorrhea has a weak significant correlation with a value of -0.612. There is a multivariate correlation between the three variables, nutritional status, physical activity, and the degree of dysmenorrhea with a significance value of 0.000, which means that the three variables are related.